Sarah’s cute dimple!!!

Jillian she is so awesome!!!!

My tan Summer babies. June 20th, 2009

Frank Dewey Nelson Reunion

On June 13th, we got to attend the Frank Dewey and Beverly Davis Reunion in Gilbert, Az. It was short and sweet. Grandma Nelson was so happy to have all her posterity in attendance . She was beaming from ear to ear.

Ashlyn and Grandma Nelson. 4th generation gap.

It was also Grandma Nelson's birthday so all the GReat Grandkids made a banner and walked out while singing happy birthday. Grandma LOVED it to say the least.

Chickens and Garden. Jun12, 2009

June was a great month for reaping the rewards of our hardwork. We had 6 chickens laying eggs and had a ball hunting for eggs every morning. We had a chicken that layed HUGE eggs and a chicken that wasn't so fertile. You can see what I mean in the pic below.

Aubrey loved looking for eggs with mom. Here's a dozen we got in 2 days.!

Our Stake Garden just exploded with produce...we had SO much vegetables!! It was a great feeling. If you want to feel successful at a garden, plant tomatoes and zucchini. In the back is green peppers, perfect for hot salsa.....mmmmm

Zucchini was coming out of our ears! We gave all this away at our family reunion later in the month.

Aubrey and the Green peppers.

Tomatoes!!!

Our Hidden Park.....shhhh June 10th, 09

Oh June 10th, 2009 we found a hidden treasure in Maricopa. Maricopaites, if you want in on the secret, talk to me. I won't reveal the secret on the internet.:) This hidden secret is the coolest, biggest, awesomest park in MAricopa. And it sits in the back of an unfinished subdivision in Maricopa. Imagine that, and unfinished subdivision in Maricopa. But this park is HUGE. and it has more swings that Pacana Park. And it's covered! We found it on the 9th, and the 10th we packed a lunch and came back to play!! The girls went all out and brought their cinderella tea set to use for utensils and plates. And even shared their things with Malin. We used only what we had in our kitchen at the time, beans, sandwiches, grapes, chips and water. :) It was so fun!!

Aubrey's Dance Recital Twirling Tots. May 09

This was Aubrey's first Dance Recital and she was a little nervous. She did SO good and made her mom and dad proud. She was very excited about her goody bag she got after it was all over....it was FULL of princess things. Her teacher always said Aubrey was the one to show how each move was to be done and she oftened used Aubrey as the example of how to do a new move. That's my little perfectionist Aubrey. love you Aubrey!!

I tried to upload a video. but , it took forever!!! I will have to figure out an easier way to do it!

Mommy Daughter Outing....Hannah Montana Here we come!!May 24, 09

ON May 24th, 09...mommy took her three girls to the movies. Just the girls! Daddy and Malin were in Ajo helping the Lewis's move. We had a great time and LOVED the Hannah Montana Movie! So clean, inspiring and motivating! Mommy is tickled pink when she gets to spend some fun time with the girls she loves the MOST.

Sav and Aub, matching shirts and glasses. Even purses! REady for the movies!

Frye Mesa, May 23, 09

The day after Leisel's graduation, Grandma said she would watch this little bundle so we could....Drive towards this......Which turned into this.....And hope we didn't get this.....( obviously, we got a HUGE nail in our tire...ugh)so we could climb up this..... And slide down this!!

Daddy and Savannah bonded....

We also got a new Boxer puppy while in Thatcher.... named her Hollis. She's a pure bred boxer. WE LOVE THIS DOG. she is part of our family.

Malin had some bonding time with Uncle Ryan.

Jillian had some bonding time with Hollis

Malin had some bonding time with a lizard...........................

Baby Malin had some bonding time with a stick.....

Aubrey enjoyed the scenery and would only get her feet in. So the personality of a 4 year old drama queen.

Mommy had some bonding time with Savannah Hollis was worn out on the way home.

Uncle Lamar kept us entertained on the Motorcycle. Baby Malin kept saying MOTORCYCLE the whole time!!!He love motorcycles, to say the least!!

( for the record, Baby Malin was terrified of Hollis when we first got her. Now(6 months later), she LOVES Hollis and tackles her to ground and giver her kisses when she obeys his command to SIT. Man's best friend, I tell ya.)

Aunt Leisel Graduates May 22, 09

May 22, 09 my little 4'11 sister graduated from High School! What the heck? She is a bright young woman, one that our daughters look up to very much. So grateful to have her as my sister.

Mothers Day 09.....and the livin is easy.

Momma got her dream come true. An electric pressure cooker. Need I say more?

He will sleep anywhere....May 12, 09

Newport Beach May 16th, 2009

May 16th, we decided a family trip was way overdue, so we made a last minute decision, got a cheap hotel on priceline.com and headed to Newport beach, CA. The weather was perfect as you can see in the pictures. We stayed in the Crowne Plaza Resort in Irvine, CA. It had a fun indoor pool. Unforunately, no Cont. Breakfast, which was advertised that there was one on Priceline. We were able to go with Grandpa Innes, and Aunts Leisel, Jill, Ty and uncle Lamar and his cute wife Chelsea. Grandma Innes was gone on her sisters retreat. We missed her!! The girls had fun gettting some new matching glasses on the boardwalk. WE LOVE Cali. Love it. The pictures explain how much fun we had.

Savannah Kindergarten and Aubrey Preschool Graduation!

May was a crazy month the end of school events and summer approaching. Savannah graduated from Kindergarten on June 6th and had an awesome ceremony. It was cute, but probably a little overboard for only graduating from Kindegarten. She got to wear a cap and gown, and receive a diploma. It was pretty official. Aubrey also graduated from Preschool on May and had a fun informal party at the Villages Splash Pad to celebrate. She made a t-shirt with all the kids handprints and signature on the shirt. Thanks to Andrea Smith for getting that all organized!

Savannah's class already to go

Savannah and Mikayla, Kindergarten buddies. Here's Savannah doing the famous "Bubbles and Duck tales" as she walks in the procession line.

Savannah with her Kindergarten Teachers, Ms. Casillas and Mrs. Gagliardi

Savannah's last day of Kindergarten

Cute profile shot.

Aubrey with her Preschool class. Kohler, CLaire, Aubrey , and Christian

Happy Aubrey!

IS she alive?

So, I'm a slacker! Life in the summer with 4 kids home all day, plus going to school full time has taken up all my time! Hence, the lack of posts to my blog. But do not fear, I will be back....soon! As soon as my kids go back to school......A new post will be coming soon!

Photographer?

I'm looking for a great affordable photographer that can take some fun pics of my 4 kids. I live in Maricopa, Az. Any suggestions? If not, my other option is to go to a studio. I need some help! My kids are growing up too fast!!!Thanks in advance!

My New Favorite Quote

"Live to learn, learn to love, and then you'll love to live. " Matt Watson, keynote speaker at Maricopa Stake Women's Conference 2009

Music Makers April 25th

Malin and Aubrey had their final Music Makers performance. They where so cute and did their solos so well. This was Malin's first performance and we was smiling from ear to ear the entire time.

Grandma Nelson's House April 24th

Malin's brother Nelson and his wife Kelsey and 2, almost three, kids are living with Grandma Nelson in Phoenix. We took a little trip to visit them and help grandma pick her orange tree. The kids had a ball climbing her fruit trees and playing with cousin Carson. Malin especially loves playing with his fun boy cousins. I can't believe how much I love my family.

Savannah and Aubrey climbing the Grapefruit tree in their dressups and swimsuits, barefoot, an loving every minute of it.

Boys!!! Love em!

Buds for life. I'm excited to see these boys grow up together.

Um, fun.......

Malin William Lewis in Timeout.

Baby Malin misbehaved so we put him in timeout. First time in timeout. He quickly obeyed. We told him to close his eyes, he did. We told him to bow his head, he did. We told him to count to five, he tried. We HAD to get a picture. It was just too cute.CLARIFICATION UPDATE 5/10: Baby Malin is such a good kid. I don't want anyone to think bad of my sweet little Malin. It was just SO cute that he obeyed everything I told him to do. I need to post another video of his spunkiness. He IS SO SPUNKY. AHH! And just for the record, he has a hard time obeying when I ask him to go in timeout now. He's learning it's not a very fun place to be. The first time was fun, but not anymore.

Watch this Video.

She's Chill. April 15th

Ashlyn the chubmeister.

Easter 2009

Easter bunny came to our house!! Baby Malin is excited!!!!! He got a GI Joe and football!

Savannah couldn't believe her brought her a chocolate bunny!!!WOW!

Aubrey was so excited for her Neopet!! Love the hair do.

The Saturday before, Our cousin Nickie Keeler got baptized. She lives in Tempe. After the baptism, there was a huge Rainbow outside. It was perfect. You can barely see it in the pic below. After the rainbow left, all the kids were outside chanting "Come back Rainbow, comeback rainbow." Too funny. I'm grateful they didn't catch a cold from running in the rain barefoot.

Easter Pagent 2009

I loved the Easter Pagent this year. It always motivates me to be a better person. The pagent started at 8:00 pm, we got there at 4 pm and gto 5th row seats and then just played on the grass for 4 hours. The kids were very good, I was grateful for that. Baby Malin was very honory when it started and once he saw all the people on stage, specifically, he was all the sudden quiet and in a trance. The kids loved it. They talk about it all the time. Baby Malin thinks that Jesus lives up high at the Temple. We need to reteach that concept here in the next year. 2nd counselo in our bishopric and his wife were in the pagent. Can't wait til next year!

These are the Angels high up on top of the stage. Very cool.

April 9th, 2 A's

Aubrey helped Ashlyn with her first time eating at a high chair and taking a bath in the kitchen sink. Ofcourse, Aubrey stole the camera and took some of herself. Silly girl.

Ashlyn found her thumb on April 8th, 2009

Soccer Savannah and Chubby Princess

Savannah started Soccer this April and has had fun learning what it means to be on a team. She is getting the hang of it. She is on a really great team with many people from our church, I think everyone on the team is LDS. This helps her to feel comfortable with what she's doing. Aubrey had the option to be on the team because she is four, but she insisted that she wanted to do Dance. I will have pictures of her soon in her tutu and all. She loves to be girly and dress up in her tutu. Thanks to some wonderful friends who know how to make adorable tutu's. You know who you are:)

Checkout the $4 pink nike cleats from Savers. Gosh, I love that store. She's got a beautiful smile.

Ashlyn on her tummy in the bath.....that didn't last long. She wanted to eat the water.

CHUBS had a photo shoot with mommy. She's so bright eyed in the first pictures.....and slowly got tired.

Ashlyn Feb March and April AKA Chubby Princess

Our Chunker Lunker is so much JOY! we love her! She seriously keeps us all sane. I love her little snuggley body. It's so luscious and snuggly.

Can you find Ashlyn?

Ashlyn was out Sweetheart for Valentines Day.

Love the girl

This is the only picture I got of Ashlyn in her blessing dress with the huge Bow! Iknow, what was I thinking! I got so many pictures of all my other kids with their grandma and Grandpas and family. I just feel sick about it. Ugh.

Love her.

Love her.

Savannah loves her.

Love her.

Classic picture in the swing.

Malin William February and March 2009

Baby Malin is my cute little 2 year old. He cracks me up all day with his cute little voice, which is very low and raspy, and he always ask everyone, " What dooney?"(What are you doing?) He loves to tell you, "I like you, I do!" I taught him how to show his muscles and say "I'm tough!" He loves to look in the mirror and say I'm Handsome." He LOVES motorcycles and can spot one any where on the road. Below he's throwing a fit. Gotta love those 2 year old fits that are so cute you wanna bust up in tears of laughter.

Here he is with Grandpa Innes at the Arizona Grand Resort for our SPring Break trip. The water was awesome!

AT the zoo with his cute sisters.

Posing with Grandpa at the Farm in the Zoo

"Helping" us plant the family Garden at the Skousens. In his Cookie Pajamas. :)

A rare moment. my son sleeping. And just too cute.

Mister Personality all ready for church.

Handsome man surrounded by his smashing sisters.(no pun intended)

Can we just say "Melt"........

He fell asleep on a bagof chips in the living room. Where was his responsible mom? Gosh......

Aubrey February and March 2009

Aubrey's world centers around her mommy. She knows what 0+0 equals! She LOVES to read books with mommy. She is a sensitive one and very aware of her surroundings. She loved the stickers and lip gloss she got for Valentines. She had a great time planting a garden with mom and dad! We had the opportunity of planting a garden at a brothers farm in our stake. He opened up lots in his farm to help the stake fulfill our goal of being prepared. Aubrey also loves to be happy and always wants to do something engaging and full of learning. She had a fun time at Arizona GRand Resort for SPring Break. On February 16th Savannah and Aubrey played in the water on the trampoline. Only in Arizona! She had a fun time with her aunts who came to stay for a couple days in February in preparation for Ashlyn's blessing. She recently got her 4 year old shots and didn't even cry. I'm so proud of her. Unfortunately,she has 8 cavities and has to get dental work done on April 21st. But she loved her experience at the dentist. She got a cool new toothbrush from the dentist. One day mom decided to not clean the house and instead put the babies to bed and paint outside with her girlies. AUBREY WAS SO HAPPY. She painted a beautiful rainbow and learned the colors of the rainbow. She loved the zoo during SPring Break and asked so many questions about the animals. Like why do Flamingos not fall over when they stand on one leg...... and don't monkeys get tired on their arms? She enjoyed singing with her family at church ,"I love to see the temple" and made her mom and daddy cry when we practiced it at home. She is a pure joy and definitely keeps mom and dady referring back to the "Parenting Guide" She recently started dance class and asks everyday if its time for dance class. We love our petite,, no buns, little Aubrey!!

Savannah February and March 2009

Savannah has been busy! She is doing well in School and was on the Principal Pride (or Honor Roll). She lost her first tooth on Valentines Day Morning. What an event!! She had a fun time at the Arizona Grand Resort with her family and the Innes Family. She also had a good time at the Zoo for Spring Break. She is getting very good at reading and reciting her phonograms, and is learning how to add and subtract. She turned 6 on March 3, and got a camera! Yeah!(thanks to woot.com) Her friend recently hurt her leg and she was SO worried about her. She made cookies for her and took them to her house and gave her some cute cards that she made all by herself. She told mom she was learning how to be a friend. She is SUPER DUPER at cleaning her room and knows how to organize it as good as mom(that's amazing.)

Where have I been?

Well, I'm finally back. I realized I haven't posted about what our family is up to since February 18th. It's been a long time! I am finished with my Biological Foundations of Psychology. It's been a whrilwind. I had an atheist class mate that was very hard to handle. He wanted to prove everything with a scientific method. It was a testimony builder for me that there are somethings in this life that cannot be proved with a scientific method, but rather we believe them because we have faith. And that is sufficient for me. The Lord is Perfect and therefore his works are perfect. What a blessing it is to know that. So our family is a bundle of emotions and a wonderful blessing in mine and Malin's life. We have been busy the past couple months. Here comes a lot of posts with lots of pictures!

Are you in?

My friend Monica posted this on her blog.Here's how this works: The first 3 people to respond to this post will get something made by me! My choice. For you.This offer does have some restrictions and limitations:1. I make no guarantees you will like what I make.2. What I create will be just for you.3. It will be done this year.4. You have no clue what it's going to be.5. I reserve the right to do something extremely strange.The catch is that you must repost this on your blog and offer the same to the first 3 people who do the same on your blog. The first 3 people to do so and leave a comment telling me they did, win a FAB-U-LOUS homemade gift by me!Oh, and be sure to post of picture of what you win when you get it!Who's in?

Going Private

Thanks to some crazy person or persons out there that have nothing else to do but use my brothers identity to scam $$$$$ out of my grandma, I am going to make my blog private. So please, if you would like to be invited to read The Lewis Life, please leave a message with your email address and I will send you an evite. And I will not let your comment be seen, so you will be okay to leave your email address in your comment. Again, that's so some scam artist won't get your email address. And for the record, scam artists are real and they are FREAKS! If you want the story about how it happened, talk to me about it. Thanks everyone!!! Don't forget to reply so I can add you to my blog. Love ya!!

A Random Post

K, this is so Random. I don't know what I'm going to write about. But I just need to write. Life is great! I feel like I'm getting more comfortable in my skin. Except for the baby bulge that won't go away. I'm not pregnant any more, good grief! Why do I still look it! My kids are absolutely adorable. I love them. I love my all-to-easy to-please husband. Eaxample: he eat dinner last night with a HUGE roast fork and was TOTALLY ok with it. I love him. In no particular order, here is what has been on my mind today. -I'm SO bummed we can't go camping in Cali this weekend because of bad weather. We even had to pay 7.00 cancellation fee for our reservations. But I'm happy that I don't have to pack up my whole house now. Yippee for that! - I need to lose 20 lbs. or more ..ugh....Someone please give me some motivation. I NEED IT. Maybe I should do a colon cleanse or something. HA! - I love my backyard. Today the girls and I painted rainbows outside in the backyard while the 2 youngest were asleep. I played with my kids instead of cleaning and my girls were floored. - I get to clean all day tomorrow. -This weather ROCKs. - I love the women in my ward. They are super fun and cute, and beautiful and inspiring and I can't wait for the next time and when I get to have GIRL time. -I won Ms. Ugly Dress at the Ugly Dress party. Go here http://jolenegeorge.blogspot.com/ to see me. And dont' laugh......I'm hot....no really. -I am obsessed with my baby's fat cheeks. She's so chunky. -I have THE CUTEST SMARTEST KIDS. -I want to go dancing at a really awesome dance club...a clean one ofcourse. -k, I really like chicken and rice. -Animal Control finally caught that blasted stray cat that roams around our neighborhood and actually gave birth in our neighbors backyard. She's a "floozy" -I found Baby Malin a brand new white Church shirt for 2 dollars at a yard sale. Thank goodness I didn't buy the same one at JC Penney's for $20 the day before!. -I love being around positive people! I went to humanitarian night tonight at Terrell Hoffman's house and it was wonderful! I had my mommy time!. -I'm sick of this economy and foreclosures in our neighborhood. Can't I just go buy the $100,000 4,000 sq ft home down the street. Everyone else is doing it?UGH. -I just started Biological Foundations of Psychology online class. Sounds hard huh? Wish me Luck! - My husband is so easy to please....oh yeah I already said that. Well he is. He's a man and I love all of my man. He's wonderful for me. He keeps me humble. I like to think I know it all.....and he reminds that I REALLY don't know it all. Ya think? -I'm tired.

WE NEED YOUR VOTE!!!

Hello Friends, We need your VOTE to help the Arizona Boy, my oldest brother!!! Ryan Innes, from Thatcher AZ is an amazing singer/song writer & has been in a music contest for Mormontimes.com. This is an on-line voting contest where you listen to the song & vote on your favorite. Once you listen to Ryan's song, it will quickly become your favorite. There are 4 different rounds in this contest & Ryan Innes, our amazing Arizona boy, made it through every round!! This last round starts March 3rd & is going to be the toughest. He's up against an Osmond!! All contestants are singing in a concert in Provo, Utah on March19th. But, we need votes NOW! We would LOVE your help!! This round is one full week & starts today, March 3rd! Here's what you can do to help: . If you are not already signed up, you need to be registered at Mormontimes.com Here's the link: http://music.mormontimes.com/contest.php?nocache=1 For those who are not Mormon, we welcome you! The song is not religious at all. No worries!! . After you are registered, you need to find the name RYAN INNES & VOTE! You can vote once a day per computer. Voting every day is sooooo important. This is a blind vote, so we don't know who is winning at any moment. Ryan & all of his supporters are very, very grateful for those who continue to vote every day!!! THANK YOU!!! . Since this is the very last round & is the MOST IMPORTANT, it would be amazing if you are able to forward this email on to your friends & have them vote as well! Since this contest ends March 10th, the quicker we forward emails, the better! Remember to log on here: http://music.mormontimes.com/contest.php?nocache=1 And vote EVERY DAY between March 3rd & March 10th!! GO RYAN!!

We're good....

Well I just wanted to change the top post on my blog. Ashlyn isn't sick anymore! She's one healthy, chubby, adorable baby. And I couldn't be happier. She is pure joy.

We are doing good here. Trugging along and trying to enjoy the journey, not just endure it!

I just have one question for you all:

"How do I give all my attention to all 4 kids at the same time?And continue to do it all day?

Ashlyn + Bronchiolitis= one sick baby

Ashlyn was in the hospital for 5 days with Bronchiolitis! She was a sick little baby. I took her to the doctor on Baby Malin's b0day, after his party, and her oxygen level was very low. So the doctor ordered an amulance and we were taken to the Banner Gateway Medical center. I'm grateful to say she is 100% better and doing so well. The hospital stay was hardest on our kids who didn't have a mommy for 5 days. Thank heavens for wonderful sister in laws and Grandmas and Grandpas, and ultimately a super awesome daddy. Ashlyn and I were buddy buddies in the hospital. We watched a lot of TV, awaited the next meal. Well, I did. She nursed whenever she wanted to. And we slept a lot. I also got alot of school work done. It was a break for Ashlyn and MOMMY. Ashlyn had an IV on both wrists, oxygen in her little nose and a pullsock on her toe to monitor her heart rate and oxygen levels. Every for hours she was given a breathing treatment and I was given the option of whether to deep suction her lungs or not. She did get her lungs deep suctioned a few times, which was not a pretty sight, but it HELPED tremendously. She left the hospital totally healed and I am so grateful that I have my baby back. For a whole week I sat up holding her all night, for fear that she would check on the mucus in her lungs if she was laid flat. I am so grateful for healthy babies. Thanks a MILLION to everyone that helped our family in a time of need. We want to return the favors in any way possible.

Aubrey's a thinker

Aubrey was in the truck with her Daddy. She was coloring in the back seat. She suddenly yelled, " Dad, my heart hurts." What?...Daddy said. "Why Does your heart hurt?" "I Don't know, it just hurts." Aubrey states. Silence..... "Oh I know why! I'm just coloring too hard."

The Building of the Coop.

This past weekend we( Dad did all the work and we gave moral support) built a chicken coop! Our chickens are growing so fast and they were flying out the big rectangle box that we had them in so we knew it was time to get the coop built. It was a great experience! Malin loved it. He's worked with Uncle Clyde building houses so doing this brought fond memories of building houses. He now wants to build a play house for the kids. That should be FUN!!!

Fun at the Park....

The kids take their time at the park very seriously. And they love it! I had to capture the moments. Have fun!!